Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has officially opened Barn Halt Cottages – a new and innovative housing scheme for older people in Carrickfergus.

Residents of a small town were last night “disturbed” that one of Britain’s most wanted child sex offenders had been living in their midst for up to seven years.

The annual audit of Government accounts has revealed a rise in spending on asylum seeker accommodation due to an unexpected increase in demand.

Nearly one third of people with mental illness feel they have been discriminated against as a result of their condition, a new survey has revealed.

A number of serious incidents in which injuries were suffered by disabled children in a Barnardo’s respite care home were probed in the wake of a government watchdog inspection.

People in receipt of social welfare income can now qualify for up to half the carer’s allowance and still hold onto their primary social welfare payment, according to the Minister for Older People,

Health Minister Mary Harney is reportedly due to announce a major centralisation of IrelandHealth Minister Mary Harney is reportedly due to announce a major centralisation of Ireland’s cancer services today.

Shaun Woodward will today be urged by the first licensed restorative justice schemes to operate in the North to release state funding to enable them to operate.

A special conference is being held in Stormont on Monday to discuss the issue of suicide in Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein will host the day, on the theme of ‘Suicide – A Preventable Crisis’.

The Catholic church in Northern Ireland has started to instruct schools to disband Amnesty International support groups because of the human rights organisation’s pro-abortion stance.